ITV Daybreak do you deliberately wind up the working people in this country?

Lenny Rider · Jul 17, 2013

7.20 live in Maidstone, another Wayne and Waynetta story, living in a one bedroomed flat, 5 kids (nice plasma screen TV though), neither parent has worked since 2005, £27,000 a year benefit, now demanding a four bedroomed house from the Council.

Don't you just love it as your preparing for another full days work?

hans kraay fan club · Jul 17, 2013

Yes, yes they do. Why watch it / fall for it?

dougdeep · Jul 17, 2013

It's all the fashion. Have a kid and get given a flat. Have a second and you get a house. She even said contraception doesn't work for her.

Notters · Jul 17, 2013

Who watches itv?

Herr Tubthumper · Jul 17, 2013

Lenny Rider said:
7.20 live in Maidstone, another Wayne and Waynetta story, living in a one bedroomed flat, 5 kids (nice plasma screen TV though), neither parent has worked since 2005, £27,000 a year benefit, now demanding a four bedroomed house from the Council.

Don't you just love it as your preparing for another full days work?

You have answered your own question.

albion534 · Jul 17, 2013

benifits only account for something like less than 10% of the countrys budget, what annoys me more is when we send millions of aid to a country i have never heard of.

Bozza · Jul 17, 2013

No idea - I've never seen the show.

However I've noticed it seems to be popular to assess the lowly paid/benefits-supported families by looking at their TV. Has it been possible to buy anything other than a flat-screen TV, of reasonable size, for at least 5 years now? Are we really saying that those who receive benefits support should not be able to enjoy television?

dougdeep · Jul 17, 2013

albion534 said:
what annoys me more is when we send millions of aid to a country i have never heard of.

Or large ones like India and China

vegster · Jul 17, 2013

Seems that the feature has wound up Small Businessmen as well as workers.

Brighton Mod · Jul 17, 2013

Bozza said:
No idea - I've never seen the show.

However I've noticed it seems to be popular to assess the lowly paid/benefits-supported families by looking at their TV. Has it been possible to buy anything other than a flat-screen TV, of reasonable size, for at least 5 years now? Are we really saying that those who receive benefits support should not be able to enjoy television?

If you havn't worked for seven years the answer is yes.

Justice · Jul 17, 2013

And to be fair you can get 42" plasma reconditioned for 150.00.

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo · Jul 17, 2013

Bozza said:
No idea - I've never seen the show.

However I've noticed it seems to be popular to assess the lowly paid/benefits-supported families by looking at their TV. Has it been possible to buy anything other than a flat-screen TV, of reasonable size, for at least 5 years now? Are we really saying that those who receive benefits support should not be able to enjoy television?

Indeed considering you can pickup a 40"+ TV for around £300 (I can find a Samsung for that much on Richer Sounds website, there are plenty of budget makes out there too) it's really not that much money is it. When these stories used to air no-one was going on about them having an 28" CRT sat in the corner of the room. Flat screens have been around long enough for them to be affordable to all now. It's not like they are claiming benefits and then sitting back watching a 90" 4k TV while lighting their farts with a burning £20 note.

Kumquat · Jul 17, 2013

albion534 said:
benifits only account for something like less than 10% of the countrys budget, what annoys me more is when we send millions of aid to a country i have never heard of.

I think it's actually nearer the 2% mark. Tax evasion is something that's much higher up the scale. The bulk of benefit is housing as well. We'd be much better tackling the lack of housing issue which would force down the price and consequently the amount spent on benefit. But it is easier to do what Daybreak do and give primetime to a real-life couple and portray it as rife.

BadFish · Jul 17, 2013

albion534 said:
benifits only account for something like less than 10% of the countrys budget, what annoys me more is when we send millions of aid to a country i have never heard of.

Maybe this will help

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm#.UeZEe6yrRQV

albion534 · Jul 17, 2013

BadFish said:
Maybe this will help

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm#.UeZEe6yrRQV

Ahhhh so the opposite to North America.....is South America? it makes so much more sense now :thumbsup:

Simster · Jul 17, 2013

Kumquat said:
I think it's actually nearer the 2% mark. Tax evasion is something that's much higher up the scale. The bulk of benefit is housing as well. We'd be much better tackling the lack of housing issue which would force down the price and consequently the amount spent on benefit. But it is easier to do what Daybreak do and give primetime to a real-life couple and portray it as rife.

Very much this.

And I believe this charming family were featured in The Metro this morning.

Wozza · Jul 17, 2013

Bozza said:
No idea - I've never seen the show.

However I've noticed it seems to be popular to assess the lowly paid/benefits-supported families by looking at their TV. Has it been possible to buy anything other than a flat-screen TV, of reasonable size, for at least 5 years now? Are we really saying that those who receive benefits support should not be able to enjoy television?

I saw a similar story a few weeks back and the family had a big TV, an Xbox 360 AND a Wii.

I judged them.

Stat Brother · Jul 17, 2013

Bozza said:
No idea - I've never seen the show.

However I've noticed it seems to be popular to assess the lowly paid/benefits-supported families by looking at their TV. Has it been possible to buy anything other than a flat-screen TV, of reasonable size, for at least 5 years now? Are we really saying that those who receive benefits support should not be able to enjoy television?

Pooh pants, I was going to write that.

Randsta · Jul 17, 2013

Bozza said:
No idea - I've never seen the show.

However I've noticed it seems to be popular to assess the lowly paid/benefits-supported families by looking at their TV. Has it been possible to buy anything other than a flat-screen TV, of reasonable size, for at least 5 years now? Are we really saying that those who receive benefits support should not be able to enjoy television?

You can tell the class of the people by comparing the TV size against the size of their book shelf

Brovion · Jul 17, 2013

Bozza said:
No idea - I've never seen the show.

However I've noticed it seems to be popular to assess the lowly paid/benefits-supported families by looking at their TV. Has it been possible to buy anything other than a flat-screen TV, of reasonable size, for at least 5 years now? Are we really saying that those who receive benefits support should not be able to enjoy television?

Yes, that's exactly what we're saying. Nor should they eat sweets, drink alcohol or smoke; in fact all their money should be spent on uplifting literature, clothing and fresh food - which being unemployed they'll have time to cook properly.

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